Fertility rate, total in Samoa
Samoa: Fertility rate, total was 3.8 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Samoa, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Samoa stood at 3.8 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Samoa peaked at 7.78 births per woman in 1960 and was at its lowest, 3.8 births per woman, in 2024.
That places Samoa 31st out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.65 births per woman | 7.43 births per woman | 7.78 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.68 births per woman | 5.99 births per woman | 7.34 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.5 births per woman | 5.11 births per woman | 5.86 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.78 births per woman | 4.57 births per woman | 5.01 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.41 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman | 4.52 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.35 births per woman | 4.06 births per woman | 4.56 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.89 births per woman | 3.8 births per woman | 4 births per woman | 5 |
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- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 2,863 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 2,603 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 2,479 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 2,762 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 2,588 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 2,877 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 2,878 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 2,747 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 2,398 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 2,703 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Samoa?
- Fertility rate, total in Samoa was 3.8 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.78 births per woman in 1960.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for fertility rate, total?
- Samoa ranks 31st out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.